Systems Analysis, Evaluation & Forecasting

Good travel forecasting models and procedures are essential for sound transportation planning and decision making. They play a central role in identifying problems and opportunities, shaping and evaluating alternatives, identifying design standards and capacities, and quantifying environmental impacts. However, travel forecasting often represents a significant challenge because the procedures are complex, models may not have been updated recently, or issues of concern to a region’s planners and decision makers are not addressed.

To overcome these challenges, PB Consult created the Systems Analysis Group, comprised of staff members whose primary responsibility is developing and applying travel forecasting procedures. The Systems Analysis & Forecasting Group is led by senior staff members who are among the most recognized names in travel forecasting, with close to 200 years of combined experience.

PB Consult is a leading provider of economic analysis supporting toll traffic and revenue forecasts, which underpin the ability of new schemes to attract private investment. We specialize in helping project sponsors understand and communicate how large transportation programs, done correctly, can stimulate sustained growth in productivity, making it possible for the economy to move to new and higher levels of activity. Many of our engagements have required that we develop models to assess the key factors affecting the long-term traffic growth prospects. PB Consult not only provides model development and forecasting services but understands how these services fit into the full context of planning, design, and implementation of transportation policies, strategies, and projects.

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